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- FILE HOLDER.

APPLICATION men JUNE 23. 19:9.

1,326,269. Patented Dec. 30,1919.

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A TTORA/EYS WILLIAM D. IVY, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

FILE-HOLDER.

Specification of Izetters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Application filed June 23, 1919. Serial No. 306,233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM D. IVY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in File-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in file holders, and has for its object to provide a device of the character specified especially adapted for holding the files used in filing machines for gin, linter and like machines.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan viewv of the improved holder;

Fiv. 2 is a side view;

Figs. 3 and 4: are sections on the lines 33 of Fig. 1 and H of Fig. 2, respectively.

In the present embodiment of the invention a suitable shank 1 is provided, having one end slightly thickened on its rear face, as indicated at 2, and grooved longitudinally as indicated at 8, and the other end is channel shaped. At the said other end flanges 4 are provided, extending laterally from the shank in the same direction, the said flanges forming the side Walls of the channel, and

it Will be noticed that at the said end the shank is of greater Width than at the other end by the thickness of the flanges.

The file to be held is held in the channel of the blade, and the groove 3 is for facilitating the insertion of the holder in the machine. The improved holder covers all of the file except the Working face thereof, especially during the removal of the machine and the placing of the same at another gin or linter.

The improved holder Will steel.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it Will be noticed that at the channel shaped end the shank is beveled at its corners and that it is cut away on the back to form a species of point.

I claim:

A file holder comprising a shank having at one end laterally extending flanges forming a channelfor receiving a file on the face of the shank at the said end, the other end of the shank being thickened on the back and having a longitudinally extending groove.

WILLIAM D. IVY.

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